On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:22:33PM +0100, Arnaud Ebalard wrote: > and also the fact that *in my case* the kernel does its job > auto-detecting the PHY, I now also wonder how the kernel can > use that info and what I get by adding the compatible string. I think the main rational was to document what chip the phy is to people who don't have the hardware... You probably shouldn't delay your patch on this issue, document the phy chip model in a comment? Also, check if it is actually an S varient or not, they have the same phy-id.. ;) Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html